Mourners gather at the house where two women were shot and killed/Photo Credit; Courtesy

At least two women were killed and another critically injured on Dijeri Island of Juba County by suspected Mundari cattle herders on Wednesday morning, according to eyewitnesses.

According to the villagers, suspected herders stormed the village at around 4:00 am today.

This occurred after two sections of the Mundari community clashed yesterday evening in the area.

Some of the survivors say the herders also dragged some women from their houses including a 60-year-old woman and brutally beat them up.

The victims had remained behind after all the men fled for their lives following the attack.

A member of the bereaved family is among those who escaped the attack.

“We ran, but those grandmothers of ours did not  listen to us, if they ran with us, this thing [their death] would not have happened,

“They remained here like five people and am sure two of them are alive. they try to run this [Wednesday] early morning and they found them inside their room and killed them after breaking the door,” he said.

The unnamed said the attackers roped money and  if  the government can’t help this village will not be there.

“I survived that shooting because I was not inside that room,”  said Sederina Subek Kula is one of the survivors.

“When this person [herder] came,I was separate from the rest and they [attackers] remained inside here and they just started shooting inside the house,

“They wanted money  and I responded there is no money and they told me to come outside, and when I came out they starting hitting me and I fell down.”

A photo shared with Eye Radio newsroom showed the Commissioner of Juba County visited the area where the attack took place.

Efforts to reach him for a comment were not immediately successful.

Since last year, several islands along Juba – Mangala  witnessed several attacks from suspected cattle keepers. –